Nelson Mandela was a pillar of democracy

9:55 PM,
Dec. 14, 2013

Written by

Anita P.
Jackson

Nelson Mandela - a man imprisoned for 27 years for his fight against white majority rule - became South Africa's first black president, and he guided his country from the shackles of the horrific regime of Apartheid to a multiracial democracy. Peace, harmony, unity and reconciliation were the guiding principles of his leadership and his life. After years of personal and social mistreatment of black people in his country, he set out, not to take revenge - which inspires only more hatred and violence - but to seek unity of a multiracial nation through the establishment of the Truth and ...